In addition, labs take place on Monday evenings (6:30pm to 9:30pm). Students can elect to attend the labs, or complete their lab work in their own time.

Upon completion of stage 2, students can choose to exit the programme with a Higher Certificate in Information Systems and Information Technology, or progress to stage 3.

Stage 3

Students exiting at stage 3 with a B.Sc. (Ord), must complete the Ordinary Degree project, three core modules and 2 option modules. Students wishing to progress to the B.Sc. (Hons), must complete three core modules along with 3 option modules or Work Placement

Use conceptual modelling techniques, such as the Waterfall Model and the Spiral Model, to clarify the position of Information Systems in the overall structure and sub divisions of modern organisations.

Explain and discuss modern applications of Information Systems

Explain how applications of modern Information Systems are specified, selected, acquired, built and evaluated.

Discuss the issues involved and legal responsibilities of managing the secure use of Information Systems

Clarify the stages in a project and its position in the systems development life cycle, and explain project planning and estimating techniques.

Demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts of machine learning and the major trade-offs and pitfall in machine learning

Demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts and standard algorithms used to build predictive models across a range of machine learning approaches, including: information based, similarity based, probability based, and error based methods.

Demonstrate and understanding of best practice in evaluating machine learning approaches